generalship

Example Sentences

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He returned to Rome to brief the Senate on his extravagantly successful five-year generalship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

"The army's actions must become much more technologically advanced. The generalship must be reset," he added.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2024

“We can separate Lee’s generalship of the Confederacy and his symbolism as patron saint of the Lost Cause from his laudable contribution to the university,” Professor Morel said.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2020

Second, to what degree does faulty generalship suffice to explain why actual victory has proven so elusive?

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2016

Thus we find, that though the struggle was continued, it lacked the boldness, energy, and high military tactics which had characterized the generalship of the martyred chief. 

From The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales by Davies, R. Rice